Yvelines: two minors arrested for mortar fire in a high school

Europe 1 with AFP 3:54 p.m., December 05, 2021, modified at 3:55 p.m., December 05, 2021

Two students from the Jean-Rostand high school in Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) were arrested and then presented to a children's judge of the court of Versailles after the firework mortars which targeted the establishment on Tuesday, a-t- we learned Sunday from a judicial source.

The first, aged 16, was placed under judicial supervision, while a provisional judicial educational measure was pronounced for the second, aged 15, added the same source.

The juvenile judge on Saturday ordered the referral of the case to an upcoming guilty review hearing.

Prohibition to approach the school

"The two are students of this high school and have never been sentenced," said this source to AFP.

They are both prohibited from approaching the Jean-Rostand high school, located near the Val-Fourré district in Mantes-la-Jolie.

Tuesday, a vehicle was set on fire in the parking lot of the establishment, a fireworks mortar was fired in a corridor then other shots aimed outside the building, without injuring.

These incidents created a stir among the ranks of the teaching staff who threatened to exercise their right of withdrawal.

Classes were able to resume there normally on Friday. 

Classes have resumed

"Classes resumed well on Friday with a special device prepared collectively with the management," one of the professors, Vincent Smith, confirmed to AFP.

"There were back-up people and a presence, including the police, to prevent blockade-type actions, following anonymous alerts on social networks," he explained.

"Within the school, we have reinforced measures to avoid random movements in the corridors and to teach in a more serene climate."

A delegation of six teachers and staff members met with the academic director of the Yvelines National Education services on Wednesday.